The Title Number

This relates to each new title. Titles with the same name will have the same number.

 

The “Title” Column

The title must be that which appears in the catalogue. The title should be the same for ALL acceptances for that image. The practice of using the same title for different images, differentiated by a number is to be strongly discouraged. This is because some exhibitions do not include such numbers in their catalogues; consequently, such acceptances may not be verifiable.

Many exhibitions place limits on the length of titles. This can vary from 25 to 35 characters including spaces. With ‘on‐line’ entry systems that refuse a title if it does not comply, you need to bear this in mind as well. Unlike our “Natural History” naming requirements the international salon’s “Nature” section does not require Latin sub‐titles, apart from the fact that they are hard to fit on the 35‐character limit, they are rarely if ever read out to the selectors and even more rarely are they included in catalogues, they just need to reflect simple concepts like 'Gannett feeding chick'.

The “Salon” Column

It is totally unnecessary to include full details of longwinded salon names. All that information is not needed. In the case of a stand‐alone Exhibition, such as say “The 32nd Northern Counties International Salon of Photography 2019” they don’t need all that. All they need you to put in the Salon column is Northern Counties. In the case of a Circuit, they do need more information, because they also need to know which salon of the Circuit is involved, but again, it should be very basic. So, for example the “Linz” Exhibition in the “Trierenberg Super Circuit should be shown as Trierenberg circuit–Linz. A second example may be the “Carlisle” Exhibition of the “Great British Small Prints Circuit”. This can be shown simply as GB S/Prints circuit – Carlisle.

 

The “Country” Column

In dealing with this please remember that England, Scotland and Wales are separate countries and should be shown as such.

You can confirm which country a salon is recognised with by checking out the FIAP patronage site at http://www.myfiap.net/patronages

 

The “FIAP No.” Column

Remember that your recording of the FIAP number must be accurate. FIAP will check your acceptance record against their central Database of Salon Results.

You should also be aware of the difference between a Salon and a Circuit. A salon is a single event, which is likely to have different sections (eg: Open, Nature, Photo‐Travel etc) into which you can enter different images and these will be judged just the once.

A Circuit will comprise of more than one Salon, each having identical sections, so that the photographs you submit will be passed from one salon to another and can then gain acceptances and awards in each salon. Sometimes the different salons are registered to different countries as well. It is possible to have multiple acceptances for an image in a circuit, and there might be more than one country involved. All the accepted images can be counted, but a circuit can only count as 'one salon and one country'

Example:

8 images entered in circuit of 3 salons with 2 countries holding the salons:

Image (a) was accepted in 2 of the 3 salons. Image (b) was accepted in all 3 salons.

Image (c) was accepted in one salon All other images were not accepted

The results of this circuit are: 6 acceptances, 1 country, 1 salon. You can choose only one of the countries involved.

 

A final note

Recommendations for FIAP recognitions are processed through the FIAP Liaison Officer for each country and can only be applied for all together once a year.

It has been our practice to start asking for your draft spreadsheet at the end of June so we can have a quick look to check you are on the right track.

At this time, if you haven’t already done so, you will be asked to go online and register for your 'personal ID number and 'photographers' card'.

Later in the year we will get the other forms sorted out. The final dossiers will be sent all together to FIAP on 1^st September

 

Obviously, you have to achieve the relevant criteria BEFORE you request a FIAP Distinction. NO title, acceptance or award will count towards any application for a distinction until the salon involved has submitted their Salon Report, which contains all the results, to FIAP. Salons are required to submit these files within a specified length of time, but many are late by quite a few months. It is therefore pointless relying on Report Cards, Email or Website notifications.

You can check whether FIAP has received the Salon Report by visiting http://www.myfiap.net/patronages

In the “Listings by Months” you will find that there is a box for each event that will indicate ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ in this respect. Unless ‘Yes’ is in this column DO NOT INCLUDE that salon’s results in your application.